At today's trial of the British expert, psychiatrist, Cornelius Katona is questioned. He tested Mikheil Saakashvili in November 2022.
Katona agrees with Empathy's conclusion and shares the view that antipsychotic medications may have contributed to the patient's cognitive difficulties.
"On examination, I found that he has post-traumatic stress disorder, as well as cognitive impairment, resulting in [unspecified] dementia," Katona said.
Cornelius Katona writes in his conclusion that Mikheil Saakashvili has a neuro-cognitive disorder. The lawyers asked him what could be the cause of this, to which the expert answers:
"I have identified several possible causes that may have led to neuro or neuro-cognitive impairment. The first cause could be his starvation and rapid refeeding, partial asphyxia, epileptic seizures, unexplained fever, as well as his delayed treatment for Wernicke's encephalopathy, as well as multiple The drugs he was taking and also the substances found during the toxicological examination of his hair - heavy metals".